Job 36:32

NETBible

With his hands 1  he covers 2  the lightning, and directs it against its target.

NIV ©

He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

NASB ©

"He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

NLT ©

He fills his hands with lightning bolts. He hurls each at its target.

MSG ©

He hurls arrows of light, taking sure and accurate aim.

BBE ©

He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

NRSV ©

He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.

NKJV ©

He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike.

KJV
With clouds
<03709>
he covereth
<03680> (8765)
the light
<0216>_;
and commandeth
<06680> (8762)
it [not to shine] by [the cloud] that cometh betwixt
<06293> (8688)_.
NASB ©
"He covers
<3680>

His
hands
<3709>
with the lightning
<216>
, And commands
<6680>
it to strike
<6293>
the mark
<6293>
.
LXXM
epi
<1909> 
PREP
ceirwn
<5495> 
N-GPF
ekaluqen
<2572> 
V-AAI-3S
fwv
<5457> 
N-ASN
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eneteilato
<1781> 
V-AMI-3S
peri
<4012> 
PREP
authv
<846> 
D-GSF
en
<1722> 
PREP
apantwnti
<528> 
V-PAPDS
NET [draft] ITL
With
<05921>
his hands
<03709>
he covers
<03680>
the lightning
<0216>
, and directs
<06680>
it against
<05921>
its target
<06293>
.
HEBREW
eygpmb
<06293>
hyle
<05921>
wuyw
<06680>
rwa
<0216>
hok
<03680>
Mypk
<03709>
le (36:32)
<05921>
NETBible

With his hands 1  he covers 2  the lightning, and directs it against its target.

NET Notes

1 tn R. Gordis (Job, 422) prefers to link this word with the later Hebrew word for “arch,” not “hands.”

2 tn Because the image might mean that God grabs the lightning and hurls it like a javelin (cf. NLT), some commentators want to change “covers” to other verbs. Dhorme has “lifts” (נִשָּׂא [nissa’] for כִּסָּה [kissah]). This fit the idea of God directing the lightning bolts.